Tag: 2014

David Crausby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect on funding available for victims’ services of devolution to police and crime commissioners.

Damian Green

From 1 October 2014 the majority of support services for victims of crime will be commissioned at the local level by democratically elected and publicly accountable Police and Crime Commissioners and this Government is making more money than ever before available to ensure that victims receive the vital support they require.

PCC’s with their knowledge of local victims’ needs are uniquely placed to ensure that available funding is targeted where most required to help victims of crime to both cope with and, where possible, recover from the impacts of crime.

PCCs are also ideally placed to co-commission with other local commissioners such as Health or Local Authorities, thereby reducing duplication and achieving better value for money.

November 1, 2022
David Amess – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how he plans to mark the 70th anniversary of Raoul Wallenberg’s arrival in Hungary; what recent discussions he has had with the government of (a) Sweden and (b) Hungary on this anniversary; and if he will make a statement.

Mr David Lidington

The Government is committed to ensuring that the UK continues to play a leading international role in Holocaust education, remembrance and research. This includes recalling and paying tribute to the bravery, and often sacrifices, of individuals such as Raoul Wallenberg – which includes a monument of him outside our Embassy in Budapest. There are no current plans to mark the anniversary of his arrival in Budapest, nor have there been specific discussions with the Swedish or Hungarian governments on the anniversary. However, we remain committed including in our role as current chair of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, to working with the Hungarian government to help them strengthen international co-operation to ensure that the lessons of the Holocaust are never forgotten. Hungary is currently observing a Holocaust Memorial Year, concluding a programme of remembrance which began in 2012 with a commemoration of Raoul Wallenberg.

November 1, 2022
Kelvin Hopkins – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kelvin Hopkins on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 14 May 2014, Official Report, column 637W, on sixth form education: student numbers, how the approximate total net cost of unfilled student places in school sixth forms, academy sixth forms and 16 to 19 free schools was calculated.

Matthew Hancock

The net cost of unfilled places referred to in my previous answer was based on the funding per student for each individual institution and the number of students recruited in that institution above or below the allocated number as appropriate. This figure was then adjusted to take into the account the sixth form element of funds recovered by the Education Funding Agency from those academies which are funded on the basis of estimated pupil numbers but which educated fewer pupils than had been provided for in those estimates.

November 1, 2022
Tom Watson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Watson on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 10 February 2014, Official Report, column 473W, on unmanned air vehicles, when the Joint User Group for Reapers will become active; and if he will make a statement.

Mr Mark Francois

Although a final decision on when the Joint User Group for Reaper should become active has yet to be taken, it is expected to start functioning during the autumn.

November 1, 2022

Cheryl Gillan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people working in (a) HS2 Ltd and (b) his Department are (i) on secondment, (ii) on loan and (iii) paid for by another company; and in each case what the parent company or organisation of such people was.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The number of people seconded and loaned to my whole Department and HS2 Ltd are set out in the tables below:

HS2 Ltd

Parent Company/Organisation

Number of secondees

Unpaid*

AECOM

Cabinet Office

Carter Jonas

DCLG

DECC

DEFRA

DELOITTES

DfT

Ernst & Young LLP

Gardiner & Theobald

Network Rail

Pick Everard

ETM

PwC

Westbourne Communications

Total

Loans

*payments are invoiced to HS2 Ltd.

DFT

Total

Loans

Paid

Unpaid

Loan Total

Secondment

Paid

Unpaid

Secondment Total

Total

The Department does not hold information centrally on the parent company or organisation where they have come from.

November 1, 2022

Debbie Abrahams – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Debbie Abrahams on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with train operating companies in Greater Manchester on last minute reductions in train configurations.

Stephen Hammond

The franchise agreement between the Government and each individual train operator includes benchmarks in key performance areas. The Department monitors each train operator’s overall performance against these areas every four weeks and there are clear actions set out in the franchise agreement should performance drop below what is expected. This regular monitoring includes monthly meetings with their senior management where performance figures are scrutinised and challenged.

Short-forming (last minute reductions in train configurations) is included in this monitoring, and therefore in the monthly meetings. It is the train operator that decides on whether a service is to be short-formed, and if contractual benchmark figures are breached, the Department does take enforcement action.

Some services in Greater Manchester are sponsored and specified by Transport for Greater Manchester, who also monitor the performance of the operators concerned.

November 1, 2022
Bridget Phillipson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bridget Phillipson on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of 2014DIN03-007 Notification of a change in CBRN policy.

Mr Philip Dunne

A copy of Defence Instruction Notice 2014DIN03-007 regarding the notification of a change in CBRN policy will be placed in the Library of the House.

November 1, 2022
Lord Lester of Herne Hill – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lester of Herne Hill on 2014-06-05.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will make representations to the European Commission regarding the interpretation of European Regulation 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 so as to promote effective access to information without excessive restrictions.

Lord Faulks

The Government recognises the importance of transparency by European Union institutions, with appropriate safeguards for genuinely sensitive information, and the key role the Regulation plays in promoting openness and accountability. However, the Government has no plans to make representations to the European Commission regarding the interpretation of Regulation 1049/2001 on public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.

November 1, 2022
Lord Berkeley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Berkeley on 2014-06-05.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Kramer on 13 May (WA 492), what is their latest estimate of the net presentvalue (NPV) of the contract with Agility Trains West covering the provision of Intercity Express trains for the Great Western; what is the annual charge used to calculate the NPV; and how many diagrammed trains and diagrammed vehicles are to be covered.

Baroness Kramer

The net present value of the Great Western fleet is £3.0bn in 2009 prices. This is for a fleet of 322 diagrammed vehicles over 50 diagrammed trains. The total Set Availability Payment for the full Great Western fleet in 1 April 2019 – 31 March 2020 (the first year of full fleet operation) is £333.7m in nominal 2019 prices.

November 1, 2022
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead on 2014-06-05.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the United Kingdom has received any requests for mutual legal assistance in relation to the OPL 245 case.

Baroness Warsi

It is the usual longstanding Government policy neither to confirm nor deny the existence, content or status of any individual mutual legal assistance request.

November 1, 2022